#8A56AD#8A56AD

#8A56AD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.140 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A56AD
RGB	rgb(138, 86, 173)
HSL	hsl(276, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(276, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 50.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 37.83, -38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 53.86, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(54.79% 0.0903 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(54.79% 0.14 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3504, 15.0763, 41.3124)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A56AD #79AD56

analogous

#5E56AD #8A56AD #AD56A4

triadic

#8A56AD #AD8A56 #56AD8A

tetradic

#8A56AD #AD5E56 #79AD56 #56A4AD

square

#8A56AD #AD5E56 #79AD56 #56A4AD

split-complementary

#8A56AD #A4AD56 #56AD5E

monochromatic

#492D5C #6A4185 #8A56AD #A77FC1 #C3A8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#8A56AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#8A56AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A56AD

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A56AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A56AD	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#406AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#866479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a56ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 86, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.140 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae87c6',
    500: '#8a56ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a56ad;
$custom-light: #ae87c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a56ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.862,
    "s": 34.661,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54792,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A56AD

secondary

#ACC39C

accent

#CB5D89

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100B13

muted

#7F7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A56AD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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